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Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE (born Clementine Dinah Hitching; 28 October 1927) is an English singer and actress known for her scat singing. [citation needed] She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec Dankworth and singer Jacqui Dankworth .
Apr 26, 2024 · Cleo Laine, British singer and actress who mastered a variety of styles, including blues and popular music, but was best known as the ‘Queen of Jazz.’ She was the only singer to receive Grammy Award nominations in jazz, popular, and classical categories.
Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE (born 28 October 1927) is a British jazz singer and an actress. She was born in Southall, Middlesex to a white English mother and black Jamaican father. She is famous for her scat singing and for being able to sing very high and very low notes.
Aug 20, 2015 · Dame Cleo Laine is a jazz singer and an actress, noted for her scat singing and vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contral to she is able to produce a "G above high C" giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves.
Cleo Laine, Britain’s internationally famous “Queen of Jazz,” has a career that spans more than four decades. One of the most celebrated singers of our time, she commands a dazzling array of vocal styles and is the only singer ever to receive Grammy nominations in the female Jazz, Popular, and Classical categories. Ms.
Apr 29, 2018 · Dame Cleo Laine is to receive a lifetime achievement award from Jazz FM. As she was born in 1927, the jazz station might be accused of taking its time. But its annual award...
Cleo Laine was born on 28 October 1927 in Southall, Middlesex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Third Alibi (1961), The Concrete Jungle (1960) and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961). She was previously married to John Dankworth and George Langridge.
Cleo Laine. The wife of Johnny Dankworth, she is a brilliantly talented English jazz singer with incredible vocal range. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 2020s. Born. October 28, 1927 in Southall, Middlesex, England. Genre.
After her divorce from George Langridge became final, in 1957, Dankworth married Cleo Laine in secret at Hampstead Registry Office in 1958. The only witnesses at the wedding were Dankworth's friend, pianist Ken Moule , and arranger David Lindup .
Nov 3, 2010 · Dame Cleo Laine's big break came auditioning for Sir John Dankworth in the early 1950's and they later married and became a hugely successful jazz partnership.
